Journal article
Financial incentives for maternal health: impact of a national programme in Nepal.
- Abstract:
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Financial incentives are increasingly being advocated as an effective means to influence health-related behaviours. There is, however, limited evidence on whether they work in low-income countries, particularly when implemented at scale. This paper explores the impact of a national programme in Nepal that provides cash incentives to women conditional on them giving birth in a health facility. Using propensity score matching methods, we find that the programme had a positive, albeit modest, ef...
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- Journal:
- Journal of health economics
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 271-284
- Publication date:
- 2012-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1879-1646
- ISSN:
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0167-6296
- Source identifiers:
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205996
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:205996
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- pubs:205996
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2012
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